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Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines – Glenn Curtiss

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Inventor, racer, aviator – intense and relentless competitor.  Father of Naval Aviation.  These titles and more accrued to one Glenn Hammond Curtiss, born this date in 1878 in Hammondsport, New York.  Not satisfied with the sedate life of the pedistrian, he earned money for his first bicycle while working for Eastman Kodak (where his natural inventiveness and…

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Flightdeck Friday: Apollo 11 Forty Years Later

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20 July 1969 102:42:08 Duke: Roger. Copy. (Pause) Eagle, Houston. You’re Go for landing. Over. 102:42:13 Armstrong (on-board): Okay. 3000 at 70. 102:42:17 Aldrin: Roger. Understand. Go for landing. 3000 feet. 102:42:19 Duke: Copy. 102:42:19 Aldrin: Program Alarm. (Pause) 1201 102:42:24 Armstrong: 1201. (Pause) (On-board) Okay, 2000 at 50. 102:42:25 Duke: Roger. 1201 alarm. (Pause)…

The 11th Hour, of the 11th Day, of the 11th Month – When the Guns Fell Silent
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The 11th Hour, of the 11th Day, of the 11th Month – When the Guns Fell Silent

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At the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month…the guns fell silent along what was known then as the Western Front as the Allies and Germany observed the agreement to end this “War to End All Wars.” While fighting continued sporadically elsewhere, in what were fast becoming the former empires of Russia…

Flag and General Officer Announcements

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No. 562-07 IMMEDIATE RELEASEMay 10, 2007Media Contact: (703) 697-5131/697-5132Public/Industry(703) 428-0711 Flag and General Officer Announcements Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced today that the President has made the following nominations: Navy Vice Adm. Eric T. Olson has been nominated for appointment to the grade of admiral and assignment as commander, U.S. Special Operations Command,…

Witness to History: The INF Treaty 20 Years Later

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  The clock in 1987  If you are any kind of student of national security policy and haven’t familiarized yourself with George Washington University’s excellent National Security Archives project, you really need to do so.  Case in point is their latest project, the release of previously secret Soviet Politburo records and declassified American transcripts of…